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Drawings & Sketches

77,767 works

Ink and wash elevation of Carcassonne cathedral facade with tower, rose window and Gothic portal, 1872.

Development project for a facade of Carcassonne Cathedral

Guiraud Cals, 1872

Watercolor of a red-flowered plant with round green leaves and fringed pink blossoms on slender stems against a pale backgrou

Schizocodon soldanelloides

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of Pussy-ears flowers with pale lavender blossoms, buds, a seed pod and long green leaves on a cream background.

Pussy-ears (Calochortus elegans)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Chalk portrait drawing of a man with wavy hair, high collar and dark bow tie, shaded against a hatched brown background.

Portrait of Alfred Hage

Constantin Hansen, 1851

Charcoal sketch of a standing figure in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat against a loosely drawn background.

Stage figure

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a soldier crouching in a snowy trench beside leafless willow trees.

In the Trenches, Winter

Paul-Michel Dupuy, 1910

Pencil sketch of a snarling wild cat with open mouth and bared teeth, with loose hatched shading on fur and legs.

Study of a wild animal

Watercolor of a rosette plant with pink flower clusters and reddish buds on slender stems against a pale background.

Untitled - Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Watercolor of a branch of pink azalea flowers with red stamens and green leaves on a brown stem against a pale background.

Downy Pinxter Bloom (Azalea rosea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a dark hat beside a side table with a potted plant, on tan paper.

Porträttstudie av kommerserådinnan Sinebrychoff

Albert Edelfelt

Drawing of a nurse with a red cross armband standing beside a patient lying in a hospital bed.

Nurse and Patient

Jules Cayron, 1910

Watercolor of a stone château beside a river, with trees on the left, grazing cattle on the bank, and a pale sky.

Château in Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1835

Pencil drawing of a barefoot young boy in overalls and suspenders standing with one hand on his hip beside a wall corner.

Untitled (Portrait of a Young Boy, Coconut Grove, Florida)

Walter Ronald Locke, 1930

Charcoal drawing of a seated nude woman with a headwrap, head lowered, arm resting on her knee, signed Jan de Smedt 1942.

Reposing nude

Pencil portrait of a man with lowered eyes and slight smile, head turned in three-quarter view, on yellowed paper.

Portrait of Hannes Kolehmainen

Ester Helenius, 1924

Watercolor of a street oyster stall with a vendor in a top hat and a customer in striped trousers holding a plate.

The Oyster Stand

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor of a boatman poling a wooden boat through a bayou lined with gnarled cypress roots and palms.

Bayou Boatman, Florida

Walter Ronald Locke, 1940

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a loose blouse with a flower in her hair, hands clasped in her lap.

Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Woman)

Walter Ronald Locke, 1920

Watercolor of a purple Eustoma russelianum flowering stem with open blossoms, green buds, and long leaves on cream paper.

Eustoma russelianum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a tavern interior with musicians, a dancing couple, seated patrons, and bread and jugs on a bench.

Tavern scene

Watercolor of orange California poppies with buds, seed pods and feathery green leaves on a pale background.

California Poppy (Eschscholtzia californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of a yellow evening primrose bloom, a red flower, buds and green leaves on slender stems.

Evening Primrose (Oenothera howardi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1928

Grey wash drawing of a woman holding up a rooster at a poultry stall, with dead birds on the counter and a cage beside her.

A woman selling poultry

Tibout Regters, 1754

Loose dark study of a speaker at a lectern addressing crowded rows of seated men in a parliament chamber.

Study for 'The House of Commons - Ramsay Macdonald addressing the House'

John Lavery, 1924

Watercolor of a branch with green leaves, red stems and clusters of pale bell-shaped flowers on cream paper.

Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Grey wash drawing of a river winding through a valley toward snow-capped mountains, framed by steep cliffs and trees.

Wills Valley

George Sturtevant, 1895

Pencil portrait sketch of an older bald man with a large nose and collared shirt, on beige paper.

Portrait of Kazimierz Stankiewicz, the artist’s uncle

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Stylized painting of a steamship above brick walls and stairs, with a man carrying a package and a woman beside a bicycle.

Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series

Peter Sekaer, 1940

Watercolor of Showy Orchis plants with purple and white flowers and broad green leaves on a cream background.

Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a sand myrtle branch with clusters of pink flowers and small green leaves on brown stems.

Sand Myrtle (Leiophyllum lyoni)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of white sego lily flowers with yellow and maroon centers, pink-tinged buds, and green stems on a pale background.

Sego Lily (Calochortus nuttallii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a maypop passionflower vine with a purple fringed bloom, buds, serrated leaves and curling tendrils.

Maypop (Passiflora incarnata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926